WASHINGTON A trash truck driver talking on a hands-free mobile device caused a 2013 Maryland train collision that led to a 15-car derailment and explosion, U.S. investigators said on Wednesday. The crash at Rosedale, Maryland, involving a CSX Corp train spurred National Transportation Safety Board officials to call for new laws preventing the use of hands-free phone devices by commercial drivers. "Our investigations have found over and over that distraction in any form can be dangerous behind the wheel," acting Chairman Christopher Hart said in a statement. The crash took place when a driver for Baltimore's Alban Waste was talking on a hands-free mobile device on May 28,...

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